Why is my 2yr. old son having nightmares?...?

Question

Jalen watches ONLY disney movies, every now and then he may watch videos with me...but for the past 4 nights he wakes up and is literally crying like someone is trying to kill him in his sleep!~I don't understand! I pick him up and wake him and when I ask, "jay what's wrong?" he say's "nothing mom" but the next day he did the same thing, my husband picked him up and said, "Jay what's wrong, is the monster chasing you?" Jalen started crying even harder and says, "yes." i don't know what to do, I'm worried and I don't know why he's having bad dreams....

Answer 1

my daughter had a nightmare last night herself and didnt want to talk about it.about 3 hours before she went to bed she came screaming into the kitchen that someones outside.i looked but nothing was there.the only movie mines been watching for the past 3 days is"the rescuers down and under" so i didnt understand mine was freaking out last night before bed and when she woke up from her nightmare.all she said when she woke up was"HELP" over and over again screaming it.so i have no clue i guess its something that no one has an answer for.
but remeber that some disney movies has killing in it like the lion king and monsters in it like monsters inc.so it may have been one of his disney movies that put the idea in his head.what ever movies that he has been watching over the past 4 days dont let him watch it for a while and see if he has anymore nightmares like that.it should stop if not i dont know what else to say.but yet movies aint always the answer cause our daughter loves watching"house of 1000 corpses" cause she thinks its funny.she has been into haunted houses b4 and laughed her head off while teenage christian kids was crying and screaming.she loves horror movies period.shes just like me as a kid.i grew up on horror movies too and as an adult i still love them.so its not always the TV or movies your kids watches faught.to me as long as you explaine to them wahts going on and why its happening and that its only on TV and theres no such thing as the boogie man or monsters cant say ghosts cause we live in a place thats haunted.anyways what i am saying explaine to them its not real its fake even so kids cartoon movies thats rated PG now is scarry in someway.but think about it i know you grew up watching Tom and Jerry and Looney Toons that theres always some chacater trying to shoot somebody or gets runned over or cut in half did that ever scare you bet it didnt cause your parents probley told you that its not real.you cant always shield your child from violence from everywhere.you see something everyday if its a car wreak you saw and someone got killed or watching the news or even going to the store.if you shelter your child from the real world what would happen if he or she sees something like that in real life?run from it?teach them what to do like dial 911 or get help.they need to know and it starts when your a toddler.but if you want to keep them from knowing whats fake and whats real and show them a difference thats you.let them be scare to watch anything "scarry"(including the news) but they'll find out all about it when they starts if not preschool then grade school from a kid like mine.better for you to tell than some classmate huh?just think about it.nightmares r gonna happen no matter what.i still get them to this day myself everyone does.its part of being human i guess.

Answer 2

some Disney movies can be scary to a 2 year old for example,
Lil Mermaid's Urcela -scary! The fighting in Mulan's war scenes used to upset my daugher. Just be very careful what he watches ans try to talk to him about the dream as soon as he wakes (before he forgets). DO NOT give him things to be scared of. Don't ashk if there was a monster or if someone was chasing him. Let him tell you.

Answer 3

It sounds like night terrors. My oldest had those. He would not completely wake during those episodes and we just told him he was okay, gave him a hug and he went back to sleep with no more screaming. He also dreamt of monsters chasing him. We told him if he dreamt of it again, to stop running and ask the monster what he wanted. He told us the next morning he had the dream again, and when he asked the monster what he wanted he said he wanted a friend to play with. They played together and everything was fine.

Answer 4

kids sometimes go through a nightmare phase. Here is what i did. I found a can of very sweet smelling spray and wrapped it in pretty paper and labeled it monster spray. When a nightmare occurs, take the monster spray and have the child spray the monster cuz monsters hate pretty smells.You should notice the monsters going away in a few weeks or less.Alot of it is simply mind games. Good luck!

Answer 5

ok first of all I agree with night terrors my daughter has these and they are terrible but they not always caused from tv. when I questioned my doctor on it he explained that stress or something upsetting that happned in the day can cause them. It is best not to wake the child but to softly talk to them till they calm down sometimes rubbing their leg or head calms them down. My daughter use to watch only PBS when hers started and she would be scared of elmo at times so we had to pay attention to what happened on days that she had attacks at night some times it was a movie sometimes it was just being told no and made to cry shortly before bed. So just make sure that it is a calm enviroment and relaxing right before bed maybe some calm music or they also told me a calm show we use baby enstine videos with the classical music. Just pay attention to what he is watching and what causes him to be upset during the day and you may be able to limit the terrors, at least till he outgrows them we did this and the terrors went from 6 times a night to maybe 2 times a month. You wont be able to prevent everything that causes it but you should be able to get a handle on most of it good luck :)

Answer 6

Well he may be having nightmares because I watch those movies on Disney channel movies. I have not seen one lately but I saw that there was a scary Halloween movie on. So what kind of movies are u allowing him to watch with u. Does he go over anyone house u never know what they are allowing the BOY to watch.

Answer 7

They are called "night terrors" A lot of 2 and older get them. There really is nothing wrong, and he probably doesn't even remember them. They actually aren't dreams at all but the brain's "electrical system" that hasn't quite shut down for the night. He will outgrow this phase.

Answer 8

Love the "monster spray"!! confident, do watch which memories and tv he reports for the duration of the day (the full day concerns!), and right here is one extra concern: try giving him a carbohydrate snack in basic terms earlier mattress. some thing this is easy for him to digest, that he enjoys. Brush the teeth, examine a exciting e book (love the Boynton books!), and spot if that enables. it ought to take some nights along with your changed plan earlier he settles in. As for the assurance, in basic terms ensure you're there while it does take place, and supply him a good number of love until eventually he is going back to sleep. warning: do no longer enable him pass back to sleep on your mattress, except you're actively training co-sound asleep. he will learn that his mattress isn't "risk-free," and he will land up sound asleep on your mattress each evening.

Answer 9

It may just be night terrors. They are not fully awake and not fully aware of what is going on around them, they get scared and scream. Even though it may have appeared that he was awake, chances are he wasn't. I went through night terrors with both of my daughters and eventually they do outgrow them. Just be patient and remember, he probably isn't all the way awake.

Answer 10

Night terrors!! happened to my oldest daughter! She had them until she was about 3 yrs old...something is bothering her enough in the day time to cross over into her dreams...she will out grow this..JUST keep hugging her and maybe see what MIGHT be causing this to happen...My daughter did it until I left her abusive father...he never did anything in front of her...but SHE KNEW!